Sikhisme

Sikhisme (Pandjabi: ਸਿੱਖੀ, sikhī) is ’n godsdiens wat in die 15de eeu in die destydse Indië ontstaan het en vandag wêreldwyd 23 miljoen volgelinge het, veral in die huidige Indië. Die godsdiens is deur Nanak Dev gestig en het ontstaan uit Boeddhisme, Hindoeïsme en Islam. Sikhisme het nege ghoeroes gehad en die Heilige Skrifte is die Adi Granth, ook bekend as Guru Granth Sahib.

Die tien ghoeroes was:

Ghoeroe	Lewe
Ghoeroe Nanak Dev	1469–1539
Ghoeroe Angad Dev	1504–1552
Ghoeroe Amar Das	1479–1574
Ghoeroe Ram Das	1534–1581
Ghoeroe Arjan Dev	1563–1606
Ghoeroe Har Gobind	1595–1644
Ghoeroe Har Rai	1630–1661
Ghoeroe Har Krishan	1656–1664
Ghoeroe Teg Bahadar	1621–1675
Ghoeroe Gobind Singh	1666–1708

Bronne

J.S. Grewal: The Sikhs of the Punjab. Cambridge University Press, Nieu-Delhi 1994
Bhai Gurdas: Varaan Bhai Gurdas Ji. Shiromani Gurdwara Parbhandak-komitee, Amritsar 1998 (15de eeu)
Karam Singh Historian (Hrsg.): A probe into Sikh History. Singh Brothers, Amritsar 1935
Nikky-Guninder Kaur: The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1993
Max Arthur Macauliffe: The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Band 6; University Press, Oxford 1909
Kahn Singh Nabha: Encyclopaedia of Sikh Literature. Bhasha Vibhag, Mahan Kosh 1930
Christopher Shackle, Arvind-pal Singh Mandair (Hrsg.): Teachings of the Sikh Gurus. Selections from the Sikh Scriptures. New York, Routledge 2005
Giani Gurdit Singh: Mudavni. Sahit Parkashan, Chandigarh 2003
Inder Singh: Misrepresentations of Religion. Fateh Publications, Patiala 2006
J. P. S. Uberoi: Religion, Civil Society and the State. A Study of Sikhism. Oxford University Press, Delhi 1996
Sahib Singh: About Compilation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Lok Sahit Parkashan, Amritsar 1996
Sahib Singh: Sri Guru Granth Sahib Darpan 1–10. Raj Publisher, Jalandar 1961

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